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Editor’s Note: It’s been one hell of a ride
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I wrote my first article for The Cord’s November 2, 2016 issue. I applied on a whim, and my first-year self was absolutely terrified when I walked down the basement stairs of 205 Regina to sign my volunteer forms. Little did I know, I would end up spending the next five-plus years of my life…
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Laurier extending mandatory mask policy until May 31
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Wilfrid Laurier University announced on April 12 that they would be keeping their face covering policy in effect until at least May 31. Originally, Laurier intended to lift the multi-campus mask mandate on May 1, but they have since retracted that decision based on rising COVID-19 numbers. The policy will be revisited at the end…
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Waterloo Regional Police Chief Bryan Larkin announces retirement
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Chair of the Waterloo Regional Police Services Board, Karen Redman, announced today that current Chief of Police Bryan Larkin will be retiring after 31 years of service. Larkin joined the Waterloo Regional Police in 1991 and became Chief of Police in 2014. “It has been a true honour to lead this organization over the past…
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Initiative aims to provide free menstrual products across all Laurier campuses
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A program at Wilfrid Laurier University is aiming to make free menstrual products readily available to students on each of the school’s campuses. This initiative is the result of 3.5 years of advocacy work that has been spearheaded by Hayley Newman-Petryshen and the Laurier Students Public Interest Research Group, with support from a collection of…
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Final review of the 2021-22 Students’ Union Board of Directors
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The following reviews are based on interviews conducted with members of the Students’ Union board of directors as a means to reflect on the term and evaluate their performance as representatives of Wilfrid Laurier University’s undergraduate student body. The information presented in these reviews is pulled directly from these discussions and does not reflect the…
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Fire causes $40K in damages to The Turret
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On March 24 at 8:20 p.m., a Clubs and Associations event ended prematurely at The Turret in the Fred Nichols Campus Centre due to an active fire that was discovered in the third-floor prep kitchen. The fire was extinguished by a Students’ Union staff member and there were no reported injuries. Although the fire was…
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Editor’s Note: Coping with catastrophizing
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Quite often – and by that I mean almost daily – my mind jumps to the worst possible conclusion of nearly every scenario and I dwell on any number of my various fears and perceived failures. Get a phone call out of the blue? Obviously, it’s some sort of devastating news. Random ache or pain?…
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Underprepared and unappreciated: Students’ Union executive reflects on a difficult, unfinished term
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Trigger warning: this article contains mentions of suicidal ideation Before the end of the 2021 fall semester, two members of the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union executive team left their roles. The departure of the executives wasn’t made public until members of the students’ union board of directors mentioned the vacancies to The Cord during…
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Penises and pop culture: what has caused this sudden television trend?
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It’s no secret that streaming services like HBO — or Crave, for Canadian viewers — haven’t held back from including nakedness in their television shows with the odd penis peppered in here and there for good measure. The latest example I can think of before 2021 would have been Game of Thrones, which during its…
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Shane Symington elected as 2022-23 Students’ Union president
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Shane Symington has been elected as the next Students’ Union president and CEO for the 2022/2023 year. Symington won the election on the evening of Jan. 27, with 1372 votes which was 53.47 per cent of the student vote. Opponent Ezra Ceniti received 1194 votes, which was 46.53 per cent. In an email statement sent…
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